Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
India
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Myanmar
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
bengali
  
birman
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating